Elvis Presley

The Early Years

The Fifties

	Elvis Aaron Presley, Born January 8, 1935 at 4:35 AM in a two room house in Tupelo, Mississippi. First born twin brother Jesse Garon was stillborn.
	Elvis' middle name was given to him to honor his father's friend, Aaron Kennedy. But Vernon and Gladys chose to spell it 'Aron'.  In his later years, Elvis wanted to change the spelling of his middle name to the more biblical Aaron. He was surprised to find that unlike his birth records, the official state records already had it as Aaron.
	Parents, Gladys Love Smith (04/25/12) and Vernon Elvis Presley (04/10/16) were married in June of 1933.
	Elvis got his first guitar in 1946. He bought it at the Tupelo Hardware Store and paid $12.95 for it
	Elvis's family moved to Memphis in 1948.
	Elvis graduated from Humes High School in 1953 .
	In '53, Elvis walked into the The Memphis Recording Service (Sun Studios) and recorded his first songs, My Happiness and That’s When Your Heartaches Begin.
	July 5, 1954 Elvis recorded That’s All Rightand Blue Moon of Kentucky released by Sun Records.